Zapomniana metafora AIDS
The Forgotten Metaphor of AIDS
Author(s): Grzegorz NiziolekSubject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Social Philosophy, Civil Society, Health and medicine and law, History of the Holocaust
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: metaphor; AIDS; Holocaust; Larry Kramer; the American gay rights movement;
Summary/Abstract: Taking Susan Sontag’s incomplete exploration of the cluster of AIDS-related metaphors as a point of departure, Niziołek juxtaposes the view of the AIDS crisis as a ‘plague’ with the metaphor of the Holocaust, which gay rights activists used as a tool to mobilize an active political stance in the fight against the epidemic. Niziołek examines the significance of this metaphor on the psychological, historical and political level.
Journal: Teksty Drugie
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 354-368
- Page Count: 15
- Language: Polish
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